Matrikon
and Tai-Ji Provide Operational
Excellence in Controller Performance Technologies
Together
Matrikon and Tai-Ji Control will provide a next generation‘closed
loop system identification’ product targeted at reducing the
deployment and maintenance efforts associated with modern Model Predictive
Control (MPC) applications. The companies explained that the Tai-Ji
MPC identification technology complements Matrikon’s Process
Doctor control performance improvement technology because Process
Doctor addresses control issues at all levels in the plant control
hierarchy including the MPC layer. In a single application, users
are able to identify and diagnose problems at both the regulatory
and MPC levels as well as automatically step-test their applications.
Using closed loop system identification technology, the Tai-Ji ID
module automatically tests the MPC controller and .....
New
Wireless Alliance Formed for Industrial
Environments
Wireless
technology suppliers and end users formed the Wireless Industrial
Networking Alliance WINA) to facilitate use of wireless solutions
in demanding industrial environments. The first focus area is in applying
wireless systems to process measurement and control. Supporters of
WINA include the Industrial Technologies program in the U.S. Department
of Energy (DOE), which according to WINA, anticipates significant
benefits from expanded industrial use of wireless technology. WINA
is in expansion mode, and is actively recruiting firms as members.
Emerson
and Andover Controls Partner for Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences Industries
Emerson Process Management and Andover Controls’ System Integration
Services (SIS) Group haveformed a worldwide partnership to pursue
FDA-regulated automation projects requiring an integrated approach
to validation of process and facility management systems (HVAC). SIS
will provide the implementation services and application knowledge
for facilities of automation (HVAC), and Emerson will provide the
automation platform for advanced process automation and compliance
applications. Together they will integrate process and facility information
to help..................
Versatility
of Ultrasonic Flowmeters Driving
Healthy Market Growth
User
demand for maintenance-free and high-precision flowmetershas prompted
suppliers to introduce new products to industries that need accuracy,
such as oil and gas and district heating. After a tarnished past,
new ultrasonic flowmeters are raising the bar against which all flowmeter
technologies must be judged. Ultrasonic technology will increasingly
become the technology of choice and not.................
Emerson
and Andover Controls Partner for Pharmaceutical/Life Sciences Industries
Emerson
Process Management and Andover Controls’ System Integration Services
(SIS) Group haveformed a worldwide partnership to pursue FDA-regulated
automation projects requiring an integrated approach to validation
of process and facility management systems (HVAC). SIS will provide
the implementation services and application knowledge for facilities
of automation (HVAC), and Emerson will provide the automation platform
for advanced process automation and compliance applications...........
ALTA
and Avanti Team to Benefit Auto Manufacturers
ALTA
A/S, a provider of supply chain and manufacturing event management
software for automotive suppliers and logistic companies, and Avanti
Systems Worldwide, an automotive plant systems integrator (SI), have
formed an alliance that combines......
SimSci-Esscor
Partners with Innotec
SimSci-Esscor, an operating unit of Invensys, announced that it has
signed a five year agreement with Innotec, a software development
firm..........
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